Sylvia Plath Alienation The Bell Jar
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In Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, there are several references to alienation. One can assume through these writings that Sylvia was an alienated individual, from herself and perhaps from the community. She conveys through her writing a sense that she felt alone, outside, and incomplete. She felt detached, different, and was searching for some meaning or for someone to understand. She seemed to have had no sense of relationships or community. The source of this alienation is through herself. Her writing conveys that she may have felt obscure and not like other women; but those around her accepted her and tried to socialize with her as they would with any other girl. The source of alienation was in Sylvia Plath's mind. Quoting from The Bell Jar, Sylvia writes through her main character Esther "I guess I should have been excited the way most other girls were, but I couldn't get myself to react. I felt very still and very empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo"...